火冒三丈

Chinese

		fire; angry; fierce fire; angry; fierce; fiery; thriving	to cover; to emit; to manifest to cover; to emit; to manifest; to risk; bold; brave	three	zhang (unit of measurement)
simp. and trad. (火冒三丈)		火	冒	三	丈
Literally: “fire soaring three zhangs”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): huǒmàosānzhàng

(Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄛˇ ㄇㄠˋ ㄙㄢㄓㄤˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): fo² mou⁶ saam¹ zoeng⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: huǒmàosānzhàng
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄛˇ ㄇㄠˋ ㄙㄢㄓㄤˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: huuomawsanjanq
  - IPA ^(key): /xu̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ mɑʊ̯⁵¹ sa̠n⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂɑŋ⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: fo² mou⁶ saam¹ zoeng⁶
  - Yale: fó mouh sāam jeuhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: fo² mou⁶ saam¹ dzoeng⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: fo² mou⁶ sam¹ zêng⁶
  - IPA ^(key): /fɔː³⁵ mou̯²² sɑːm⁵⁵ t͡ɕœːŋ²²/

Idiom

火冒三丈

to fly into a rage; to flare up; to lose one's temper

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